Package-display easel



April 27 1925. 1,582,355

A. B. STEVENS PACKAGE DISPLAY EASEL Filed May 27, 1924 /4 55. dtevew.

Patented Apr. 27 1926.

UNITED stares PATENT" caries.

ALEXANDER BROOKS STEVENS, OF OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO SCHMIDT LITI-IOGBAPH COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

PACKAGE-DISPLAY EASEL.

Application filed May 27.19%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BROOKS STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda, State of California, have invented a new and useful Package-Display Easel, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to an easel intended for the purpose of displaying packages of various sizes slightly raised from the counter on which the easel is placed while at the same time, it provides two wings or display cards at the back of the package support.

An object of the invention is to produce one easel which is capable of being shipped flat in the shipping package of the cartons or bottles to be displayed, thereby conserving. space. Y

Another object of the invention is to produce a cut out shape which will produce a very strong form of easelwhich will have locking tabs and cuts to insure holding the easel in the proper position to make a good display.

Another advantage ofthis easel is that the supporting stage may be partly cut out as indicated in the figures in dotted lines where it may be desirable to more securely hold round or ball-shaped objects.

Another object of the invention is to display the object ahead of the readingmatter panels the object appearing in the space between the two panels.

Another object of the invention is to produce an easel with a series of folds which will give a solid and substantial stand without gluing or stapling, all made in a single piece.

In the drawing on which the same reference letters and numbers indicate the same part throughout.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the easel set up for use.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the easel set up.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the easel and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the cut and creased blank which forms the easel.

Serial No. 716,218.

ranged that-a number of advertisements may be added thereto with little changes or no change in the form ofthe collapsed ease-l.

It will beseen that card is creased along the line 11 to .15 while it is cutout. At

two separate places to allow the necessary space to set in the locking tabs. The tabs 6 and 7 are intended for a stiffening for the display cards 1 and 9 and they extend under the object support.

It will be seen that on folding the receptacle to the position shown in Figs. 1 to 3,

' that it is possible to have-both the tabs 2 and 10 pass into slots-14 and 15 in the back of the base and at the same time the base rests on the upper edges of the panels 3 and 8, While the side wings I and 9 are held firmly in place by the tabs 6 and 7.

The various shaped receptacles maybe displayed on the. sleeves but only comparatively small objects can be used with this easel as the size ca'rd'necessary to be used causes an increase in the blank size very rapidly, so the full size of the commercial blank is very quickly reached.

It is also to benoted that with the panel 5 passing into the slots 19 and 20 and with the tabs 2 and 10 passing into the slots 21,

the annexed claim. v

A display easel comprising a paper stock tion described above within the purview of blank cut and scored to produce a plurality of panels and tabs, two of said panels lying in substantially the same plane at the back of the object shelf, when the easel is set up for use, the shelf having slots to receive tabs on the display panels and the display panels having slots to receive the edges of the shelf, whereby the shelf and panels are firmly secured together, and the shelf is supported by vertical members at its front 10 and at its opposite ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of M a 192 i.

ALEXANDER BROOKS STEVENS. 

